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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Investigators say four dancers at a Georgia nightclub may have been pressured to return to India to keep them from testifying in a human trafficking case.
The four were among the eight alleged victims in the case, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The owners of the Mehfil Nightclub in Norcross allegedly lured the victims from India under false pretenses and kept them imprisoned in a house when they were not working.
A judge found probable cause Wednesday to charge Shifiqat Muhammad Ali of Birmingham, Ga., Vijay Kamal Bannerjee and Govino K. Vishwa, both of Lilburn, Ga., and Farrukh Khan, of Hoover, Ala., the Gwinnett Daily Post reported.
Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said that his office will investigate allegations that the defendants wanted to get the women out of the country. Lilburn Detective Matt Lake said that on Saturday a man offered the women $850 and a ticket to India, saying that anyone who wanted the money had to leave for the airport right away.
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